Non-refillable bottle.



.To a/ZZ whom, it may concern: y Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. II. Avans', a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Non- Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction provide a cheap and simple device which can .i be applied to bottles for the purpose of prea second time.

Another object of the invention is to pro- Vide a non-rellable bottle which shall be nearly as cheap in construction as the ordinary bottle 'devoid of such an attachment.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, in forming the neck of i the bottle with a groove or seat for the purpose of supporting the upper end of a rubber funnel, thelower end offsaid funnel having a circular opening upon whichis seated a ballvalve,` the said valve being arrangedupon a `wire suspended from a framework arranged in the upper end ofthe rubber funnel. U The invention consists also in certain dep tails of construction and novelties of combii nation, all of `which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed outin the claims.

` View illustrating the position of the various parts when the bottle is in its normal or upright position. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the position of the parts when liquid is being poured from the bottle. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, and Fig. 5 isa detail section of the rubberfunnel.

Referring to `the drawings, A indicates the bottle, and B the neck thereof, said neck having an annular groove or seat C produced about midway its height upon the interior-V Drindicates a rubberfunnel having an opening D' produced in the lower end thereof and also having a curved wire D2 attached to the i bottom of the funnel directly beneath the cir- H cular opening D andadapted to support the f ball-valve E in the circular opening D. The :i rubber funnel D is arranged in the neck of the bottle and has an annular grooved beaded UNITED STATES of non-refillable bo ttle, one object being to venting the said bottles being refilled and used In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a sectional perspective PATENT- FFICE.

WILLIAM v. K. Arens, or NEWARK, nnwunnsnv.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.O

SIECIFICA'lfI-ON forming part of Letters :Patent No. 681,178, dated ugust 27,4901. Application filed Tune 1, 1901. Serial No. 62,759. (N0 modeledge D3 at its upper end, which is adapted to be projected into the annular groove or seat C. In order to firmly hold'the beaded edge D3 into the groove or seat C, I employ an open `spring-ring F, which is adapted to fit into the said beaded groove D3 and by its inherent elasticity force the said beaded edge D3 into the seat.

Two cross-strips G are connected to the ring nF, and small guard-Wires I-I are connected to the said cross-strips and to each other, the purpose being to prevent anything being inl. sorted into the neck of the bottle for the purpose of interfering with the action of the valve. This ball-valve E slides upon the Wire I, which extends from the cross-strips Gr to the curved wire D2, and a suitable stop I is arranged upon the said wirel to limit the outward movement of the ball-valve.

\ In operation the funnel containing the ballvalve at itslower end and an expansible frame at its upper end is forced into the neck of the .bottle and secured by having its annular grooved beaded edge forced into the annular groove or seat in the neck of the bottle. When it is desired to remove the contents of the bottle, the mouth ofthe bottle is turned down the sameas usual, and thevalve is unseated by gravity and permits the liquid to pass through the central opening out through the mouth of the bottle. As soon, however, as the bottle is righted the valve will immediately reseat itself, and thereby prevent any liquid being introduced into the bottlea second time. p

It will thus be seen that I provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient construction of non-reiillable bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the bottle-neck having an annular groove, of an expansible' funnel having an opening at its lower end, a ball-valve adapted to seat in the said opening, an expansible frame arranged in the upper end ofthe funnel, and a wire depending from said frame and upon Which the valve slides, substantially as described.

` 2. In a non-relillable'bottle, thecoinbina- I tion with the bottle-neck having an annular groove, of a rubber funnel having a circular valve'ad'aipted to seat in the said central' open' openingat its lowerl end, and a, curved wire ing and slide upon the depending Wire, sub- 1o arranged beneath the said opening, the upstantiaily as described.

perend of the said funnel having' an annu- A lar grooved bead, an open spring-ring located WILLIAM V K' AYRES' in the said grooved bead, the cross-strips, the Witnesses:-

Wire connecting the cross-strips, a. curved CEAS. STEWART,-

Wirc beneath the central-opening and the ball- H. E. AYRES.. 

